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Submit Your Best Shot! Guidelines and Submission Form

Submit your digital images for display on the Michigan.gov portal for the "Michigan Album".
The State of Michigan is seeking photographs to be featured on the State's portal, Michigan.gov.
We have established the following rules for the submission of images.

Image Requirements for the Digital Photo

  • Must be a Michigan image and appropriate for display on our state portal.
  • Image may be black and white or color.
  • The image display size must be between 1024 x 768 pixels and 800 x 600 pixels.
  • The file must be 72 dpi, high quality, JPG or PNG file

Photographer/Copyright
Do not submit images taken by someone else. You must be the sole owner of the copyright of any digital image submitted. By your submission, you acknowledge that you are the author and copyright holder of the photo.

By your submission, you are giving the Michigan.gov staff permission to use the image on the Michigan.gov suite of sites.

An album for all submitted images will be available. Each accepted image will be displayed and captioned with details provided for the image as well as a credit for the photographer.

What makes an image eligible?
Michigan places, things, people, or experiences are perfect subjects. Subject matter must be suitable for publication on the State portal and must be appropriate for viewing by the general public. Michigan.gov retains the right to determine what will constitute inappropriate content.

Due to the high volume of photo submissions, it is necessary that we apply some critera to the images that are chosen. Images must be clear and focused, have no date stamps on them, be a minimum of 400 pixels in width or height. Images from cell phones are not usable due to their small size.

Use of Pictures for Featured Photo on Michigan.gov
All images submitted will be considered. Only pictures meeting the above critera as judged by the State of Michigan Portal staff will be displayed on Michigan.gov. Portal staff reserves the right to edit captions to remove names, correct spelling or to enhance the description of the image.

Release Forms, Photo Subject Restrictions
If the photograph is of a person or persons, the photographer affirms the person(s) photographed has(have) given their permission to be included in the photograph and for the photograph to be displayed on the Michigan.gov State Portal home page without any fee or other form of compensation and, further, provide written proof of such consent.

If you agree to the above guidelines for submission, use the form to send your digital image.

Your Best Shot Submission Form
Acknowledgement: I agree to follow the guidelines for the submission of digital images to Michigan.gov  
Your Full Name:
Your email address:
Include my email address in the credits:
Where was the photo taken?
Enter a 1-2 line caption describing the image:
Please Note-New Size requirements Filenames must NOT contain spaces or special characters. Those may cause the upload to fail. Please reduce your image size to 1024x768 pixels before you submit.
Select a JPG, PNG or GIF file to send:
Select the best gallery for your image:
 

If you have trouble with this form: E-mail your digital photo to MIPhoto@michigan.gov

Pictures submitted must be accompanied by your name, email address, and location and caption details for all pictures submitted. Unless you specify otherwise, your name will be added as a credit on the image in the Michigan Album.

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